Police officers are less respected, it seems, less trusted today. So it's not surprising that there are fewer of them in Minneapolis and elsewhere, given the trend to take local funding away from their departments.
Now it's less safe to be one, too, than it used to be. Statistics coming out last month list police work as the eleventh most likely full-time work in the U.S. to result in death.
The 129 deaths in the line of duty during 2021 was a 29% increase over 2020.
Of those 129, 73 of them were felonious, that is done purposely during ordinary duties like traffic stops or investigations. That was a 25-year high number.
The hunting and fishing industry had the highest rate of on-the-job deaths in 2020.
Industries by fatalities per 100,000 full-time employees
from USA Facts
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